Catamount fans line up before sunrise hoping to get tickets to 2019 America East Championship

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Updated: 1:40 PM EDT Mar 15, 2019

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COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON..... THIS OF COURSE... AS THE U-V-M BASKETBALL TEAM... GEARS UP FOR A BIG GAME TOMORROW. NBC5'S JACKIE PASCALE IS LIVE IN BURLINGTON -- JACKIE --- SOME DEDICATED FANS WOKE UP EXTRA EARLY AND WAITED HOURS..JUST TO GET THEIR TICKETS! HEY JACKIE! IT'S REDEMPTION TIME FOR THE CATAMOUNTS AS U-V-M MEN'S BASKETBALL FACES OFF AGAINST UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND -- BALTIMORE COUNTY. AND FOR UVM FANS WHO SAW THEM LOSE LAST YEAR IN THIS SAME ROUND AGAINST THIS SAME TEAM... WELL THEY LINED UP EARLY THIS MORNING TO MAKE SURE THEY COULD SEE IT IN PERSON. 13:21:15 I WANT TO WATCH THEM IN PERSON NAT OF LAST YEAR'S CHAMPIONSHIP GAME SHARON PATTERSON, FIRST IN LINE 13:21:17 EXCITEMENT IN THE GYM, NAT THE ELECTRICITY. IT'S NOT QUITE THE SAME SITTING AT HOME. SHARON PATTERSON -- FIRST IN LINE FOR TICKETS TO THE AMERICA EAST CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AT UVM. 13:31:21 IF I CAN'T SLEEP IN, IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER HOW EARLY IS EARLY WELL... SHE GOT THERE JUST AFTER 4 IN THE MORNING... BONDING WITH SOME OF THE OTHER EARLY BIRDS. 13:35:55 "WHERE WERE YOU SITTING" THESE DEDICATED FANS WERE LET INTO PATRICK GYM TO WAIT INSIDE JUST BEFORE 6 A-M... JASON YOUNG, DIRECTOR FO TICKET OPERATIONS, UVM 15:59:32 "KUDOS TO THEM, THEY'LL GET REWARDED" IT'S BEEN A BUSY WEEK FOR DIRECTOR OF TICKET OPERATIONS -- JASON YOUNG. SEEING LINES OF FANS WAITING TO GET THEIR HANDS ON TICKETS. YOUNG 16:01:34 IT'S KIND OF CRAZY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU'RE LIKE, 'WE'VE GOT A PASSIONATE FAN-BASE AND YOU CAN'T ASK FOR MUCH MORE AS THE LINE GREW INSIDE... 16:51:09 "HEY Y'ALL" THE FANS WERE GREETED WITH A SWEET TREAT FROM THE PLAYS AND COACHES THEMSELVES. 16:51:36 "GOOD LUCK, GOOD LUCK" PATTERSON 17:01:35 THE DONUTS WERE SWEET BUT A VICTORY TOMORROW WILL BE SWEETER STILL PATTERSON IS HOPEFUL TO SEE THAT VICTORY... AND SHE'LL BE WATCHING IT ALL PLAY OUT IN PERSON. 16:58:39 HERE YOU GO SHE TURNS AND EVERYONE CHEERS A BIT ALONG WITH SOME OF HER FRIENDS 16:59:40 "SEE YOU TOMORROW GUYS"! OTHERS WERE NOT SO LUCKY... 1:24:16 WE JUST NEED ONE TICKET LYNN WARING DID NOT GET THAT TICKET... 17:35:50 EH IT HAPPENS. WERE LUCKY IT'S GOING TO BE ON TV SO THE REST OF THE LINE WILL BE WATCHING THE GAME AT HOME... HOPING TO RE- DO LAST YEAR'S BUZZER BEATER ENDING... NAT OF THE ENDING WARING 17:25:19 IF WE PLAY UVM BASKETBALL STYLE, WE'LL BE ALRIGHT 17:35:16 TICKET GUY SHRUGS "THAT'S ALRIGHT, UVM IS STILL GONNA WIN THIS THING" CHEERS SO WHETHER THEY'RE WATCHING THE GAME HERE IN PATRICK GYM OR AT HOME -- THE FANS SEEM HOPEFUL THE TOP-SEED CATAMOUNTS WILL WIN AGAINST UMBC. THE ONLY TICKETS LEFT ARE FOR THE STUDENTS -- THOSE WILL GO ON SALE AT 8 A-M. KEN DRAKE JOINS US NOW,

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Fans line up early with hopes to see championship game in person

Catamount fans line up before sunrise hoping to get tickets to 2019 America East Championship

Catamount fans started lining up before 5 a.m. hoping to see the UVM men's basketball team play UMBC in-person for the 2019 America East Championship -- or just hoping to get tickets, which didn't go on sale until 9 a.m. Saron Patterson was first in line, setting up camp at 4:15 a.m. She said the early wake-up call will be worth it once she's in her seat at the championship game."Excitement in the gym and the electricity," Patterson said. "It’s not quite the same, sitting at home. You can still yell and cheer and wear all your garb, but the atmosphere is wonderful."This will be the Catamount's fourth straight America East Championship game.Last year, the team lost in the same round in a devastating buzzer beater to UMBC.Redemption is on the fans' minds."UMBC will be tough to beat," Lynn Waring said as he stood in line. "If we play UVM basketball-style, we’ll be alright."Waring just needed one ticket for his wife, so she could be there to watch the game with him. He unfortunately joined the line too late."It happens," he said. "I’ll be there, it’s just that she won’t be."The tickets for the general public sold out in about 30 minutes. "We take care of our season ticket holders and our victory club members first," UVM director of ticket operations Jason Young said. "The visiting team gave us more tickets back than we might’ve anticipated, and I think our fans are going to reap the rewards."Those who showed up early enough will see UVM take on UMBC again, with the hope of seeing them make it to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2017.

BURLINGTON, Vt. —

Catamount fans started lining up before 5 a.m. hoping to see the UVM men's basketball team play UMBC in-person for the 2019 America East Championship -- or just hoping to get tickets, which didn't go on sale until 9 a.m.

Saron Patterson was first in line, setting up camp at 4:15 a.m.

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She said the early wake-up call will be worth it once she's in her seat at the championship game.

"Excitement in the gym and the electricity," Patterson said. "It’s not quite the same, sitting at home. You can still yell and cheer and wear all your garb, but the atmosphere is wonderful."

This will be the Catamount's fourth straight America East Championship game.

Last year, the team lost in the same round in a devastating buzzer beater to UMBC.

Redemption is on the fans' minds.

"UMBC will be tough to beat," Lynn Waring said as he stood in line. "If we play UVM basketball-style, we’ll be alright."

Waring just needed one ticket for his wife, so she could be there to watch the game with him. He unfortunately joined the line too late.

"It happens," he said. "I’ll be there, it’s just that she won’t be."

The tickets for the general public sold out in about 30 minutes.

"We take care of our season ticket holders and our victory club members first," UVM director of ticket operations Jason Young said. "The visiting team gave us more tickets back than we might’ve anticipated, and I think our fans are going to reap the rewards."

Those who showed up early enough will see UVM take on UMBC again, with the hope of seeing them make it to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2017.